Page types

Screen types

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This section describe the main screen types users of ICA-AtoM will encounter. Screen titles throughout the system indicate the type of screen being displayed. The main screen types are:

• Home page
• List screen
• View screen
• Edit screen
• Search results screen
• Error screen

Home page: user is logged in

Home page

• Start screen when user opens the application.

• Provides links / buttons for user actions (search, browse, log in, log out, get help, switch language, add / edit content, translate, administer system).

• Provides basic information about the application.

• Accessible to all users, but only shows elements relevant to user's role (e.g. the admin tab is only available to editors and administrators.

• Accessible from any other screen by clicking the home link in the system menu.

List screen showing archival descriptions

List screen

• Displays a set of records in list form.

• There are separate list screens for each of the main entity types in the system (archival descriptions, authority records, archival institutions, terms).

• Displays minimal information about each record (e.g. Title).

• Clicking on the field names in the column headers will sort the list alphabetically.

• By default, ICA-AtoM lists records 10 at a time, providing pagination at the bottom of the page to allow users to navigate through long lists of records. Administrators can increase or decrease this default number (See UM-7.4.1 Administer ICA-AtoM > Customize settings > Customize global settings).

• Allows user to click entry to go to full record in view mode.

• Provides add new button to create new record of same type.

• Accessible to all users, but add new button not available to researchers (view-only access).

View screen for an archival description

View screen

• Displays an individual record in full in view mode (read-only).

• Shows only fields that contain data.

• Allows user to click title bar or edit button to switch to edit mode (data entry on edit screen).

• Accessible to all users, but edit button not available to researchers (view-only access).

Edit screen for an archival description

Edit screen

• Displays an individual record in edit mode for data entry.

• Shows all fields.

• Groups fields by collapsible information areas: fields can be hidden or displayed by section.

• Provides floating button block that contains buttons for saving or cancelling changes or deleting the record as a whole.

• Allows user to toggle between view mode or edit mode mode by clicking the title bar.

• Accessible to contributors, editors, administrators; not accessible to researchers (view-only access).

Search results screen

Search results screen

• Displays set of records that match search criteria and summarizes search (number of "hits" returned).

• As of the current version of ICA-AtoM, only available for archival descriptions.

• Includes the first three lines of the Dublin Core Description field (if entered).

• Allows user to click title to go to full record in view mode.

• Accessible to all users.

Error screen

• Displays an error message when ICA-AtoM is unable to execute an action.

• Page not found: broken link, report to system administrator and to ICA-AtoM support team.

• No access permission: your user account does not give you access privileges to the target page.

• Locked term: term cannot be edited because it is referenced in the underlying code.

• No translation permission: you do not have translator access in the current language.

• System error (error 500): indicates a fairly major system-wide problem, or problem with data corruption; report to administrator.

• Blank screen: indicates a fairly major system-wide problem, or problem with data corruption; report to administrator and to ICA-AtoM support team.